طرابزان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (dârabzin).

Noun

طرابزان • (tarabizan)

handrail, a rail on which the hand can be placed
Synonym: پرمقلق (“parmaklık”)
rail at the outer end of a fixed sofa, balustrade

Descendants

Turkish: tırabzan
→ Hijazi Arabic: دربزين (darabzīn)
→ Egyptian Arabic: دربزين (darabzīn)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tırabzan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4810
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طرابزان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 801
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طرابزان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1234

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